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Fighter jets chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed...
Jun 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of Washington D.C., January 28, 2005, features the major landmarks of the U.S. capital. At bottom center is the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, cutting through the middle is the Potomac River, at center is the Washington Monument and towards top right is the U.S. Capitol.
Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, Kyiv says Moscow spreads lies
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of troops while Ukrain...
Jun 05, 2023 View of an explosion as Ukrainian forces destroy Russian positions in direction of Bakhmut, near Klischiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a video released on June 4, 2023. 3rd Assault Brigade / Ukrainian Armed Forces Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Fire at vacant home in Peoria early Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters battled a blaze at a vacant home early Sunday morning. The fire was called in at around 2:30 A.M. in the area of Monroe and Evans Streets. Firefighters arrived to se...
Jun 04, 2023 D4E / CC
Bill to cover hearing aid costs for adults in Illinois awaiting governor's signature
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bill to expand coverage of hearing aids to adults in Illinois is awaiting the governor's signature. Previously, only people under 18 years old were covered. But the bill passed i...
Jun 04, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
UPDATE: Biden signs debt limit bill, avoiding U.S. default
UPDATED 7:54 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that suspends the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever defaul...
Jun 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech on bipartisan legislation that lifts the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, in his first Oval Office address to the nation at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Pritzker in favor of continuing program no longer in state budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A program that didn't make this year's state budget, which has yet to be signed anyway, is one that Governor JB Pritzker says could make a comeback. The "Invest in Kids" program pr...
Jun 03, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Near normal temperatures, below normal precipitation, for Illinois in May
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Average in one way, below average in another way. Weather figures for May from Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford indicate temperatures in Illinois averaged about a half degre...
Jun 03, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
LaHood comments on debt ceiling 'no' vote
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - He's glad a crisis has been averted, but one local Illinois Congressman says he couldn't cast a vote to end it. Congressman Darin LaHood said Friday he felt the debt ceiling bill a...
Jun 03, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S., China trade blame as hopes for military dialogue fade
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin rebuked China on Saturday for refusing to hold military talks, leaving the superpowers deadlocked over Taiwan and territorial disputes in th...
Jun 03, 2023 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends the First Plenary Session of the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 3, 2023. REUTERS/Caroline Chia
US ends probe of Pence documents with no charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its investigation into former Vice President Mike Pence without filing any charges related to classified documents found in his Indiana...
Jun 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
